heofon
Old English
noun
Definitions
- the sky
- heaven
- (Christianity) the power of heaven
Etymology
Inherited from *hebun (sky, cloud cover).
Origin
*hebun
Gloss
sky, cloud cover
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
天, 空
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cyberheaven English
- heave English
- heaven English
- heavenful English
- heavenhood English
- heavenish English
- heavenize English
- heavenless English
- heavenlike English
- heavenly English
- heavenric English
- heavenward English
- heavenwards English
- midheaven English
- Himmel German
- *ḱemen- Proto-Indo-European
- himmel Norwegian Bokmål
- *heminaz Proto-Germanic
- *himinaz Proto-Germanic
- himmel Norwegian Nynorsk
- duguþ Old English
- hebban Old English
- heofonduguþ Old English
- heofonisc Old English
- heofonlic Old English
- heofonrice Old English
- heofonwuldor Old English
- wuldor Old English
- heft Middle English
- heven Middle English
- hevy Middle English
- himinn Old Norse
- himneskr Old Norse
- himmerige Danish
- himinn Icelandic
- himin Faroese
- *hebun gmw-pro
- *himil gmw-pro
- hevan Old Saxon
- heiven Scots
- heven Tok Pisin
- himæn Old Danish